Randall McCulloughhttp://lubbockonline.com/do/not/override/panel/taxonomy/term/58904/
enSmall town hopes auction will lighten tax loadhttp://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2011-07-28/small-town-hopes-auction-will-lighten-tax-load
<p>Littlefield residents hope to lighten a heavy tax burden with the crack of an auctioneer’s gavel.</p>
<p>The city’s Bill Clayton Detention Center will go on the block today at 11 a.m. for an opening bid of $5 million in the first known auction of a prison in the state. Littlefield hopes to claw out from under more than $9 million in debt tied to the more than 94,000-square-foot complex, which has remained empty for two years.</p>
<p>City Manager Danny Davis was attending a federal civil trial in Lubbock on Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.</p><p><a href="http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2011-07-28/small-town-hopes-auction-will-lighten-tax-load" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2011-07-28/small-town-hopes-auction-will-lighten-tax-load#commentsFiled onlineElliott BlackburnAuctionauctioneerBill ClaytonBill W. ClaytonBusinessBusinessCityCompany Employees NumberCompany Legal IssuesDanny DavisFinanceGEO GroupGEO Group Inc.IdahoIdahoJef ConnLamb County, TexasmanagerOfficerPerson CareerPrivate prisonPublic financeQuotationRandall McCulloughTaxTechnologyTechnologyTexasUSDThu, 28 Jul 2011 05:10:34 +0000Elliott Blackburn54542 at http://lubbockonline.com